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Lancashire Cheese

Simple Lancashire cheese - eaten as often as possible: on its own, with a proper cuppa or, best of all, with Christmas fruit cake. You really have to holiday up in the North West to discover the different forms and textures of Lancashire cheese, from young 'creamy' to 'crumbly' to the mature 'tasty' whichever is your favourite there'll be one to suit. Aficionados can while away hours comparing and contrasting the cheeses of Singletons and Mrs Kirkham.

Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire is the most famous of all Lancashire's and you see it on menus wherever the chefs care about the provenance of their produce. The great thing is that the farm is a modest, humble place that seems to tick over with all the family mucking in...All of Ruth's cheeses are made with milk from her own cows, with a three-day curd for six milkings. This is what gives it its unique creamy crumliness.